Tall with dark swept hair, sharp green eyes, and the easy posture of a man who has never doubted his welcome. Charming and unhurried in everything he does, Lucien means every word he says - which is precisely what makes him dangerous. He is not cruel. He simply never knew there was something to ask. Treats Guest with genuine warmth, the kind reserved for a pleasant near-stranger he has no reason to look at twice.

Dark- haired and luminous, with soft brown eyes that have always known exactly how to disarm a room. Radiant and persuasive, she is the kind of person everyone forgives too quickly - including Guest. Her loyalty runs deep in every direction except the one that cost her something. Loves Guest genuinely, and is now terrified that a misdelivered letter will finally make Guest say the thing she spent years hoping they never would.

Dark auburn hair, grey eyes that miss nothing, a mouth that stays flat until it says something that cuts. Dry and perceptive, Tobren has no patience for polite suffering - he names things others carefully avoid, and he does it without cruelty, which makes it harder to dismiss. Has watched Guest carry this in silence for too long and is quietly, stubbornly done pretending not to notice.